Saturday, September 21, 2013

alexandra's Sunday scrapbooking - the Gilded Look (PL)

Hello dear Friends and welcome to another edition of scrapbooking with Penny Black Inc. In the Northern Hemisphere, the time has come to bid Summer 2013 goodbye. The air is crisp, the sun less intense yet the light can be quite spectacular in the Fall. Here in the Midwest, we're very fortunate to experience the glorious days of the Indian Summer until about Halloween and then all hell breaks loose! To get back to today's theme, I often associated this period of the year with a "gilded time". It is that sort of richness I was interested in re-creating in scrapbooking. Using the wonderful new slapstick/Cling Decadence #40-254, I have a tutorial on how to achieve the Gilded Look.

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For this tutorial, you need a sheet of watercolor paper, a box of watercolor (school paintbox works fine), a brush, some masking tape, a background stamp, gold ink pad (+ at least one other color), old gold embossing powder, a heat tool, glittery washi tape or ribbon.

#11. Now take another base (here, I took the smallest card)
#12. Repeat all of the above step except use gold ink on one part of the stamp and another color such as a cyclamen pink on the other. Instead of using only gold embossing powder, use the gold embossing powder on the gold ink and clear powder on the other color // Répétez le même processus mais au lieu de n'utilisez que de l'encre et de la poudre dorée, vous utiliserez aussi une encre d'une autre couleur (ici un rose cyclamen) et de la poudre transparente.

Here is a look at what either version would end up looking like ...
Voici ce à quoi cela ressemble ...

I have made a few changes since I took these two pictures, I'll be sure to share in a post to come...
J'ai encore fait quelques changements depuis que j'ai pris ces deux photos, je vous montrerai tout cela très prochainement...

I hope this post has given you some ideas, maybe you'll try the "Gilded Look" in your cardmaking or/and scrapbooking? Be sure to share, enjoy your Sunday, talking about "gilded" we'll be watching the Emmy's on Sunday night, that should be fun! Thank You!

Thank you for the tutorial - I love the way you combine watercolour techniques with stamping & scrapbooking. Not something I'd ever have thought of. This is indeed a very gilded time & I love the way you have captured all the colours as if encapsulating them in a gold bubble - the epitome of Autumn.Paula (PEP)

Not home yet, but will look at this again when I am back to the computer. Love the new stamp and l can tell even on my phone your work is gorgeous! Gold is one of my favorites and can't wait to try this! Thanks for the inspiration, Alexandra!

I love it Alexandra! So gorgeous. Love this technique and love how you used it your layout. I must try myself. It's always great to learn how to use those PB intricate backgrounds in a different way...